Charlene E. Zil, M.P.A.

Research Associate

Charlene Zil, Research Associate at NPC Research, joined the company in July 2012 with a background in public administration. Ms. Zil previously worked as an internal and external evaluator for local and state government agencies, including Portland Public Schools, Oregon’s Department of Administrative Services, and Clackamas County, where she evaluated client and employee satisfaction across a variety of public initiatives. While working at NPC, Ms. Zil has served as a research coordinator and data analyst for a number of adult treatment court projects where she was responsible for collecting and analyzing program service, criminal justice, and substance use treatment data.

Ms. Zil has succeeded in applying her background and skills to a variety of new content areas including her current work on domestic violence prevention and intervention, access to legal counsel for low income populations facing civil matters, and a SAMHSA grant to incorporate behavioral health principles into primary care clinics. In each of these roles, Ms. Zil’s duties included survey design and administration, data collection and cleaning, database management, technical assistance, statistical analysis and interpretation, as well as writing reports and presenting findings to key stakeholders.

Ms. Zil is a member of the Oregon Program Evaluator’s Network. She graduated with highest distinction from the Department of Economics with a B.S. in Management Science from the University of California, San Diego, and earned her M.P.A. from Portland State University, with an emphasis in Social and Economic Policy.

Projects, Publications, and Presentations

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